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This footage, released by Ukrainian police, is the immediate aftermath of one of the deadliest
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Russian missile strikes in weeks. Having struck a residential area on Friday in the hometown
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of the Ukrainian president, it shows families and residents scrambled to retrieve the dead
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and wounded from a children's playground. At a makeshift memorial, local authorities slammed
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Moscow for targeting children. There is no excuse for these beasts. It's a clear terrorist act
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There is nothing military or associated with military here. Nothing but a children's playground
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where kids were playing. Russia's defense ministry has claimed that the high-precision missile strike
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with a high-explosive warhead, was instead targeting a meeting between Ukrainian and
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Western officers. Moscow says it killed 85 military personnel and foreign officers in the attack
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claims slammed by Kyiv as false information. Condolences and condemnation for the strike
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has poured in from world officials. Though whilst the US ambassador posted about the attack
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she avoided mentioning Russia by name or as the aggressor. President Zelensky has blasted what
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he called a weak statement. Staying silent about the fact that it is Russia killing children
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with ballistic missiles is wrong and dangerous. It only encourages the criminals in Moscow
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to continue the war and ignore diplomacy. Weakness has never ended a war
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Local authorities have declared three days of mourning from Monday. Attacks on Zelensky's hometown have ramped up in recent months. A deadly strike earlier this
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month killed four civilians in a car park
